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Contentious election looms in Myanmar
Two years after the Feb 1, 2021 coup in Myanmar, the country is locked in a vicious multi-front war. Now Asean has to confront a new challenge: how to respond to the military’s plans for an election that’s likely to trigger more violence.
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Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing reiterated the need to compile “correct” lists of voters.
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BANGKOK - Two years of turmoil have unravelled a decade of progress in Myanmar, and the question now is whether its coming election – stage-managed by the junta – will make a difference.
Despite the armed conflict triggered by its February 2021 coup,
